Special occupancy parks.

Existing law requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt regulations for special occupancy parks that establish requirements which the department has determined to be reasonable and necessary for the protection of life and property and which take into consideration any special conditions, including location, physical environment, density of usage, type of operation, type of vehicles to be accommodated, and duration of occupancy. Pursuant to these provisions, the department has adopted a regulation that prohibits a truck camper from being occupied if it has been removed from the truck. This bill would supersede that regulation and instead make it a crime for any person to occupy a truck camper, as defined, that has been dismounted from a truck or other vehicle, unless the special occupancy park management approves the truck camper for occupancy if removed from the truck or other vehicle, and other specified requirements are met. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.